Funnel with tool holder
Assignee2146844 Ontario Limited
InventorPaolo Cremasco
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Abstract
A funnel can include an inlet orifice, an outlet orifice and a sidewall extending axially between the inlet orifice and the outlet orifice. The funnel can also include a tool holder for holding at least one tool and that is disposed within the funnel. At least first and second support members can extend between an inner surface of the sidewall and the tool holder to support the tool holder within the funnel. The first support member, second support member and tool holder may be rotatable with the sidewall about a funnel axis to rotatably drive a tool connected to the tool holder when the funnel is rotated about the funnel axis by a user.
Claims20
A funnel comprising:
- an inlet orifice;
- an outlet orifice axially spaced apart from the inlet orifice along a central funnel axis about which the funnel can be rotated by a user;
- a sidewall extending axially between the inlet orifice and the outlet orifice and tapering toward the outlet orifice to guide a liquid entering the inlet orifice toward the outlet orifice, the sidewall comprising an inner surface and an outer surface;
- first and second flanges positioned on the outer surface of the sidewall on laterally opposite sides of the funnel for gripping the funnel to impart rotation of the funnel about the funnel axis, each of the first and second flanges being sized to be grasped by the fingers of a user;
- a tool holder for holding at least one tool within the funnel axially between the inlet orifice and the outlet orifice, the tool holder comprising a socket mount for interchangeably supporting a plurality of differently sized sockets, and a planar tool support platform upon which the socket mount is supported, the tool support platform being disposed laterally centered relative to the funnel axis and facing the inlet orifice;
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- a first support member and a second support member spaced apart from the first support member, each of the first and second support members extends between the inner surface of the sidewall and the tool holder to support the tool holder within the funnel, each the first and second support members comprises an upper surface that faces the inlet orifice and an opposing lower surface that is spaced above and overlies the outlet orifice, such that a gap is provided so that liquid can flow beneath the first and second support members and the tool holder and exit the outlet orifice,
- wherein the sidewall, the first and second flanges, the tool holder, and the first and second support members are of integral, one-piece construction, and
- wherein the first and second support members and the tool holder are rotatable with the sidewall about the funnel axis to rotatably drive a socket connected to the socket mount when the funnel is rotated about the funnel axis by a user grasping the first and second flanges.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.